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New Tool Unlocks Provider Health Care Payments in Colorado

The Center for Improving Value in Health Care (CIVHC) recently released the Provider Payment Tool, the first health care transparency tool of its kind in Colorado. The tool, based on legislation passed in the 2022 session, shows how payments made to providers vary across the state.While most other available data, including Read more…

By Spencer Fortier, 1 week1 week ago
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Shop for Care Tool Now Available in Spanish!

Center for Improving Value in Health Care (CIVHC) recently released a Spanish version of the Shop for Care tool based on price information in the Colorado All Payer Claims Database (CO APCD). The release is an effort to help more Coloradans in need shop for health care services across hospitals Read more…

By Spencer Fortier, 2 months2 months ago
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Despite Decreases, Post-Pandemic Telehealth Visits Remain High With Majority of Visits for Mental Health

The Center for Improving Value in Health Care (CIVHC) released its fifth update to the Telehealth Services Utilization Analysis, which now includes data from January 2019 – January 2022 revealing a picture of telehealth prior to and nearly two years after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. The data shows Read more…

By CIVHC, 3 months2 months ago
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Welcome New CIVHC President and CEO, Kristin Paulson

October 26, 2022 – The Center for Improving Value in Health Care (CIVHC) Board of Directors has selected Kristin Paulson, JD, MPH, to serve as the organization’s next President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) upon the retirement of long-time CEO, Ana English, MBA. As CIVHC’s present Chief Operating Officer and Read more…

By CIVHC, 4 months4 months ago
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CIVHC President and CEO Ana English to Accept Data Leadership Award

CIVHC President and CEO Ana English is honored to accept the National Association of Health Data Organizations (NAHDO) Elliot M. Stone Award of Excellence in Health Data Leadership during this year’s annual conference. The Elliot M. Stone Award recognizes an individual who “represents the highest ideals in data collection, analysis, Read more…

By CIVHC, 4 months3 months ago
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Colorado Hospital Prices Compared to Medicare Payments – New Interactive Report and Resources Now Available

Commercial Health Care Payments Compared to Medicare Remain Above the National Average  A new interactive Tableau report and accompanying infographics are now available as part of the Center for Improving Value in Health Care’s (CIVHC) Affordability Dashboard. The data, based on analysis of Colorado All Payer Claims Database (CO APCD) Read more…

By CIVHC, 4 months2 months ago
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Gender-Affirming Care Analysis Shows Positive Trends in Access to These Important Services

New Colorado Insurance Coverage Requirements Making Early Impacts A new analysis from the Center for Improving Value in Health Care (CIVHC) shows an increase in access to coverage and utilization of gender-affirming care services among transgender, gender diverse, and non-binary (TGDNB) youth and young adults. The analysis, based on claims Read more…

By CIVHC, 5 months2 months ago
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New Report Finds Use of Alternative Payment Models for Primary Care Increasing in Colorado

A new report from the Center for Improving Value in Health Care (CIVHC) finds the use of alternative payment models (APM) for primary care has increased in Colorado, while APM use for overall medical payments (not including pharmacy or dental) has declined across all payers. This is the first comprehensive Read more…

By CIVHC, 7 months7 months ago
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CO APCD Gains Nearly 100M Claims Since November 2021

Trends Show More Coloradans Accessing Behavioral Health Services As the Colorado All Payer Claims Database (CO APCD) inches closer to the historic milestone of one billion claims, the latest version of the interactive Insights Dashboard continues to indicate a steady rise in behavioral health services since 2013. The Insights Dashboard Read more…

By CIVHC, 8 months7 months ago
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CIVHC President and CEO, Ana English, Announces Retirement

  After nearly eight years with the organization, Ana English, President and CEO of Center for Improving Value in Health Care (CIVHC), has announced she is retiring by the end of the year. Ana joined CIVHC in 2014, and under her leadership the organization has grown considerably in supporting Change Read more…

By CIVHC, 9 months9 months ago

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